Ok so while ago i got myself a bz-444 from hobbyking because I wanted to test the waters to see if Rc was the hobby for me, turn out it is but I quickly grew tired of the cheap buggy breaking and me not being able to find parts so after running probably 5 full 5000mah packs through it the rear diff went and I decided it was time to get something better and i stripped the car for its semi-decent electrics.

So I checked eBay every so often and I found myself a brushed e-revo that I couldn't pass for the price. Owner said that he was selling due to not having enough space to run the car. Ok so fast forward a few weeks and it arrived after a postage mess up. So after buying some lipos ( https://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/...dproduct=24187 ) for it and more waiting they arrived, I soldered on some hxt-4mm connectors to the esc with no issues. set the car up and it ran well, surprised by the amount of torque those dual brushed titans put out, decided to check the car out 15min in and oh boy the heat it was putting off, i actually burnt myself on one of the motors, sorry but I don't know how hot it was but it was unbearable to touch, got a laser thermometer on its way right now. The motors were hotter than my bz-444's after a full 35 min summers runs and it's autumn here. The esc's heatsink was again, scolding to the touch and even the wires to my lipos were warm. I checked the lipos right away for any puffing or heat and they were only slightly warmer than when starting with no puff or cracking in the hard case. This is both my first brushed and 1/8th (it really isn't 1/10th) experiences so i don't know if this is normal. Tl;Dr: motor, esc are to my knowledge overheating.

after I ran the car i noticed that there were scorch marks in the battery bays and there were smoke stains in the lexan above them that i mistook for spray paint but they weren't there from me so previous owner looks to have pulled the wool over my eyes. Any advice is appreciated because I’m really lost here.

Onto a happier note I still have the 10.5t motor and esc from my Bz-444 and I would like to preferably build something from a kit because 1/10th and 1/8th are a different species altogether. At first i fell in love with the idea of the Tamiya XV-01 kit but i soon realised that I simply can't run it where I like to. I like to be able to drive on whatever's in front of me be it grass, dirt or on road but mainly grass that is well kept. Ideally I could build from a kit but I’m willing to buy a chassis from an eBay chop shop. Really price isn't that much of an issue to an extent, the main thing is its fun, somewhat durable and has great part support and great upgradability in the future. It doesn't need to be a performance racer, would love to race but the closest track only runs nitro and it’s kind of far away anyway.

Anybody got any suggestions? Feel free to fan boy a favourite brand, I’m sure there's a good reason that it’s your fav anyway .

Again sorry for the wall of text but I’m really lost at this issue. The batteries are in theory able to put out 100 amps of power right and I don't see how 2 brushed motors can be drawing more than 200 amps when i should be able to run a brushless e-revo off of them.